by Olivia Barker, USA TODAY

by Olivia Barker, USA TODAY

What do they say about old friends making the best of water sports lovers?

Renee Zellweger and her new boyfriend, rocker Doyle Bramhall II, met way back in 1990, when they were both students at the University of Texas. More than two decades later, they're taking their relationship to the shore.

Two months or so after they started dating, the couple were shot this week en vacances in Hawaii: holding hands in his-and-hers O'Neil surf shirts, kissing while ankle-deep in the ocean, sharing a motorcycle ride and, you know, racing each other on the beach - a k a normal couple stuff between fitness buffs.

Bramhall, who, at 44, is a year older than his ladyfriend, is a singer and guitarist best known for his early '90s, Austin-based blues rock band Arc Angels. He's also toured with Roger Waters and is about to rejoin Eric Clapton's band on the road.

What else is known about Bridget Jones's beau? He wears aviators, scruff and an elbow-to-shoulder tricep tattoo of blues legend Lightnin' Hopkins.